Moldovan parliament adopts decision on recovery of financial means purloined from banking system

Chisinau, 20 August /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova’s parliament, following more hours of discussions, questions and answers, at a today’s meeting, adopted with 57 fors a decision on the findings of the parliamentary hearings on the progress of the actions in the process of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system.      

“It is found out that the responsibility for the organization and ensuring of efficient measures as to the process of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system lies with the Prosecutor General’s Office and the National Anticorruption Centre. While analyzing the information presented, the parliament finds out the lack of measurable actions and progress in the process of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system and considers that, by the inefficient actions of the leaders of the competent authorities, they procrastinate in an unjustified way the taking of efficient measures for achieving the goal pursued,’’ the Decision reads.     

Also, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PG) is asked to: consider the reasons for the stagnation, allowed by the authorities in charge in the procedures of investigating the process of robbing the banking system; undertaking of measures and boosting the international cooperation with the special services of the countries, including through joint teams of investigation of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation,  in order to investigate the bank fraud and fully recover the means and assets purloined; elaboration and approval, in a 30-day period, of an efficient, effective and realizable instrument of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system, as well as of a new action plan for its implementation; public and half-year reporting of the progress made in the process of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system.       

At the same time, the Superior Council of Magistracy is recommended to verify, under the law, the activity and undertake all needed measures, so that the law courts, while doing justice in causes dealing with the robbing of the banking system and recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system, ensures the observance of the principles as to the celerity of the process, transparency of the work of doing the justice and openness towards the society, efficiency of the activity of the law courts and judges, as well as observance of the Code of ethics by the judges.   

Also, the juridical commission for rules and immunities, jointly with the commission for national security, defence and public order, will monitor, within the parliamentary control, the evolution of the procedures of investigation of the process of robbing of the banking system and the progress of actions taken by the public authorities in the process of recovery of the financial means purloined from the banking system, reporting the concerned information in parliament’s plenum once in half a year.

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